Opportunities

Throughout the year, there are always many opportunities available to undergraduates to enhance your knowledge and experience in the field of Economics.  Below are different types of opportunities currently available.

The Ec Department runs a Semester Undergraduate Program for Economics Research (SUPER), which pairs students with faculty for semester-long RA positions. The application and hiring cycle for Fall 2022 starts on August 1st, 2022. Please stay tuned on our website (and make sure you are signed up on our listserv to receive notification when SUPER is accepting applications).

Types of Opportunities:

Jobs, Research Analysts or Assistantships, Internships  For Seniors  Funding Opportunities  Other Interesting Opportunities

Jobs, Research Analysts or Assistantships, Internships

• Research Assistant: PhD candidate seeks Research Assistant for a project studying the design of the US Superfund program and how this may affect its accessibility and benefits. If interested, contact Jenna Anders at janders@g.harvard.edu. Deadline: none given (posted 8/11/2022)

• Research Assistant: PhD candidate seeks Research Assistant with experience in text analysis, natural language processing, and R for a project analyzing police reports. If interested, contact Romaine Campbell at rcampbell@g.harvard.edu. Deadline: none given (posted 7/28/2022)

• Research Assistant: The Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution lab at the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology seeks an undergrad to work on computational and programming tasks. If interested, contact Mona Xue at culture.cognition.evo.lab@gmail.com. Deadline: none given (posted 6/14/2022)

• Undergraduate Researcher: Mag7 Technologies seeks an undergrad researcher to explore and analyze data to estimate market potential for their IP and products. Deadline: none given (posted 6/14/2022)

• Research Assistant: PhD Candidate seeks part-time undergrad research assistant to work on a set of research projects focused on capital cities in Latin American countries and in the U.S. If interested, contact Alice Xu at alice.xu@yale.edu. Deadline: none given (posted 3/24/2022)

• Course Assistant: Raj Chetty and Gregory Bruich are hiring CAs for Economics 50 Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems.  Please write to gbruich@fas.harvard.edu if interested. Students who have taken the class previously are preferred.

• Research Assistant: Professor Alisha Holland seeks research assistant for project on infrastructure investment. This position is part-time at 10 hours per week at $20/hr. If interested, please contact Alisha Holland at aholland@fas.harvard.edu. Deadline: none given (posted 1/21/2022)

• Data Science Intern: Farallon Capital is seeking a sophomore to join their labs team to analyze proprietary large-scale datasets. If interested contact labs@faralloncapital.com. Deadline: none given (posted 1/21/2022)

• Summer Analyst at Eastdil, a commercial real estate investment bank. For students graduating in May 2023. Deadline: none given (posted 9/24/2021)
• Pathways to Research and Doctoral Careers (PREDOC): A one-stop place where undergraduate students from any backgrounds can find all the information they need, including available RA job positions around the country, educational material to prepare for e.g. data tests, guidance on courses to take, testimonials, and more.
• NBER RA page. Aggregates RA searches by NBER fellows. 

For Seniors

• Research Associate: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis seeks research assistants for Spring/Summer of 2023 to perform statistical, econometric, computational, and analytical research. Deadline: 10/14/2022 (posted 8/17/2022)

• Research Assistant: Economics professors Dan Benjamin, Miles Kimball, Ori Heffetz , Kristen Cooper and their co-authors employ a full-time research assistant with a start date during the Summer of 2023. Deadline: none given (posted 7/28/2022)

• Research Assistant: Economics professors Dan Benjamin, David Cesarini, David Laibson and their co-authors employ full‐time research assistants at the NBER with start dates during the summer of 2023. Deadline: none given (posted 7/28/2022)

• Research Professional: The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) is seeking to hire a Research Professional to work on new and ongoing research projects in econometrics, with a special focus on causal inference and machine learning under Professors Guillaume Pouliot and Alexander Torgovitsky. Deadline: none given (posted 3/24/2022)

• Research Associate: The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College is seeking a full time Research Associate with strong statistical, economic, and technical knowledge. Deadline: none given (posted 3/3/2022)

• Research Associate: The IDEA Lab at J-PAL South Asia seeks a research associate to work closely with a Data Manager and Senior Manager in one or more states in India to increase the use of administrative data. Deadline: none given (posted 2/25/2022)

• Business Development Role: London-based fin-tech/legal-tech start-up developing visualization tools is recruiting for Miami-based office. If interested, contact info@jigsawcreate.com. Deadline: none given (posted 1/21/2022)

• Research Assistant, MIT Sloan School of Management. Full time position collaborating with Professors Christopher Palmer, Lawrence Schmidt, and Taha Choukhmane on empirical projects in asset pricing, household and consumer finance, behavioral economics, macroeconomics, and micro-econometrics. Starts June or July 2022 for at least one year, ideally two. Deadline: none given (posted 12/2/2021)

• Analyst Program at Eastdil, a commercial real estate investment bank. Deadline: none given (posted 9/24/2021)
• Full-time Analyst: Economic consulting opportunity at Analysis Group (posted 9/16/2021)
• Compilation of job opportunities for graduating seniors interested in research-based careers​.
• NBER RA page. Aggregates RA searches by NBER fellows. 

Funding Opportunities

• CID Student Research Scholar Program: The Harvard Center for International Development (CID) Student Research Scholar program is an opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience working on a research project in international development by matching undergraduate and graduate Harvard students with research projects led by faculty and PhD student affiliates. Deadline: 9/18/2022 (posted 8/17/2022)

• HUIE Research Funding: Summer 2022: Harvard Undergraduates for Inclusion in Economics is giving out funding to students wanting to pursue a thesis or research project on socioeconomic issues concerning under-represented or unprivileged groups. This funding is predominantly intended for thesis research but is open to all summer research projects. Deadline: none given (posted 5/4/2022)

• Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund: Funding opportunities for advancing diversity, inclusion, and belonging through technology driven solutions. All Harvard students, staff, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and academic personnel are eligible to apply. 
• All Harvard Fellowships from the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowship
• Harvard College Funding Sources Database 
• Harvard University CARAT (Common Application for Funding and Travel)
• Making the Most of Funding Sources at Harvard (Powerpoint)
• Various links for funding opportunities in economics
• Echoing Green Fellowships for funding opportunities social entrepreneurship
• Frank N. Newman Undergraduate Research Fund in Economics, rolling acceptance
• The Davis Center for research related to Russia and Eurasia.
• Ec Dept Undergraduate Research and Travel Fund, rolling acceptance (thesis writers only)
• IQSS-OTD Entrepreneurship Program

Other Interesting Opportunities

• Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, etc:

  • Qualitative Research Workshops: Harvard Library workshops for students interested in using qualitative data and doing interview-based research.

• Student Groups:
  • Harvard Undergrads for Inclusion in Economics (HUIE) works directly with the Harvard Economics Department to create a more diverse and inclusive community within the field.  Join the club to help foster a supportive Economics community, learn more about research in Economics, and/or sign-up for their peer mentorship program. You can also follow HUIE on Twitter.
• Other:

  • no current opportunities

• Journal Calls for Undergrad Papers:
  • Penn Undergraduate Law Journal: PULJ is seeking submissions written by undergrad students in any field of study, so long as pieces relate to law or the legal system. They are accepting a wide array of submission types, including, but not limited to research papers, senior theses, and independent projects or studies. Deadline: 9/4/22 (posted 6/14/2022)
• Competitions and Prizes:

  • Boston Regional Fed Challenge: College Fed Challenge is a team competition for undergraduate students. Teams analyze economic and financial conditions and formulate a monetary policy recommendation, modeling the Federal Open Market Committee. Teams will have from early August until September 23, 2022 to register for the Boston regional competition.

  • Harvard Prize Office Prize Descriptions, for student achievements (esp. great for thesis writers: if you need to send thesis comments, contact econundergrad@fas.harvard.edu)
  • Brevia, Harvard College Undergraduate Research Associate Publication, holds competitions, interviews, and writing submissions throughout the year.
• Career Panels and Advice:
  • Econ RA Guide:  Offers a community resource based off of current and former RAs in Economics. 
  • Application Strategy Sessions: Harvard College Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (URAF) is offering sessions to undergraduates to get tips about finalizing their application components (essays, resumes, and letters of recommendation) for programs in the Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Village (PRISE, BLISS, PRIMO, SHARP, SURGH, and SPUDS). 
• Graduate School Advertisements
  • Master of Research in Economics, European University Institute
  • MS program in Quantitative Economics at New York University: A new MS program to be offered jointly by the Economics Departments and the Stern School of Business. 
  • Columbia Business School: Online classes in business
  • Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
  • Kellogg Future Leaders. MBA deferred enrollment program. This program is for undergraduate seniors and master’s students with no work experience who can apply (and be accepted) before they finish their degree.
  • PhD in Operations Management, NYU Stern School of Business
  • MA programs at the George Washington University that focus on applied economics and international economic policy
  • The New School : MA/MS Degree Programs in International Affairs
  • Silver Scholars Program, Yale School of Management
  • PhD in Economics at the University of Florida
  • Master in Finance at Princeton University
  • McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown
  • School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
  • Systems Engineering, Cornell 
• Blogs:
  • Top Econ Blog
  • The FRED Blog Visit the blog to learn more about FRED’s database, and get tips and lessons in data literacy.